Malik Sher Bahadur

Malik Sher Bahadur was a Pakistani two-star rank major general who served as the sixth Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence from 1955 to 1957 and eighth Chief of the General Staff from 1962 to 1966.

Early life

Malik Sher Bahadur was born on 11 April 1911 into an Qutb Shahi family belonging to the Punjabi Awan tribe of Talagang Tehsil. His father, Malik Jehan Khan, served in the British Indian Army.

Malik Sher Bahadur's great-grandfather, Malik Khan Baig, was described as an "eminent personality of his family". He was a Naib Subedar and went with his irregular cavalry to serve the Army at Delhi during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857.

He had two daughters. His eldest son-in-law, Sarfraz Khan, was the son of Malik Mohammad Nawaz, while his second son-in-law, Brigadier Haq Nawaz Khan, was from Dab, Chakwal and serving in the Pakistan Army in 1971.

Malik Sher Bahadur joined the British Indian Army as a cadet in 1933 and was educated at the Indian Military Academy. He was commissioned into the army in 1936.

He was promoted to Major General on 18 January 1959. On 11 June 1959, he was appointed as the Adjutant General of the army.